Jule's Wellness: Lifestyle subscription boxes

I am thrilled to be sharing Jule’s Wellness as an inspirational feature. Jule’s Welness is an online boutique offering top health and wellness products, with it’s head operations based right here in Toronto. The Jules brand initially started off as a health-conscious and hand-selected gift basket company. It quickly evolved into a healthy lifestyle brand that offers everything from gift baskets through Jule’s Baskets, to an online wellness boutique, to snack delivery and subscription boxes through Jule’s Wellness

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Recipe Share: Jamie Oliver's Homemade Tomato Ketchup in celebration of Food Revolution Day 2015

To celebrate Food Revolution Day, Food Revolution Toronto has graciously offered to have me share Jamie Oliver’s recipe for Homemade Tomato Ketchup for all of my readers. It is a great honour for me to be sharing a recipe from a chef that I consider to be one of the greats. As I am gearing up to start my organic home garden, I plan on planting a variety of tomato plants this season - many of which I have started indoors as seedlings. This super easy recipe for Homemade Tomato Ketchup is a wonderful staple to have on hand, especially if you have an abundance of tomatoes, as I know I will have during the upcoming growing season.   

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Cauliflower Buffalo Wings & Vegan Ranch Dip from the hot for food blog

I had the wonderful opportunity of interviewing Lauren Toyota of the hot for food blog which she manages with her partner John Diemer of The Farmhouse Creative Labs. The hot for food blog has a strong media following and has become an outlet Lauren and John to spread their message about veganism by breaking all misconceptions of what veganism is and to open people's eyes to "the healthy, flavourful, and satisfying world of a plant-based diet."  Lauren has kindly shared her Cauliflower Buffalo Wings & Vegan Ranch Dip recipe which I made last week and I have been raving about them ever since! 

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Earth and City Interview + Root Veggie Chips Recipe

Earth and City graciously invited me to spend the morning at their kitchen in the Junction neighbourhood in Toronto's west end last week. We spent the morning doing food prep and chatting about Earth and City, the philosophy behind the brand and their ongoing commitment to supporting local and fostering community through food. We also co-prepared a recipe for delicious and vibrant root veggie chips and I have included this simple recipe in today's feature, as well as an exciting giveaway announcement! I first discovered Earth and City at the Davisville Apple Tree Market and after learning more about this local company I am very excited to share their story as this is a brand with integrity and one that I can whole-heartedly stand behind! 

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